SYSTEM AND METHOD SUPPORTING DATA RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT IN CLOUD HOSTED HARDWARE SECURITY MODULES

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Provides is a system and method supportive of data residency requirements that includes a Hardware Security Module (HSM) hosted on a cloud environment and a location tracker embedded within or directly connected to the HSM to provide an HSM location, the HSM including one or more processors and memory including computer instructions causing the one or more processors to perform certain operations. The operations can include receiving a request for access to information over a network and obtaining authorized location information where the HSM is authorized to process the request from a source of the request for access, comparing the HSM location with the authorized location information from the source, processing the request for access if the HSM location is within the authorized location information and rejecting the request if the HSM location is not within the authorized location information. Other embodiments disclosed.